Dr. Priyankar Paira

Designation : Associate Professor Grade 2
School / Centre : School of Advanced Sciences
Department : Chemistry

Educational Details

Jadavpur University (IICB, CSIR)

Ph.D.
Organic Chemistry
Graduated in 2010

Delhi University

M.Sc.
Organic Chemistry
Graduated in 2004

Calcutta University

B.Sc.
Chemistry
Graduated in 2002

Post Doctoral Experiences

National University of Singapore (2010-2013)

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Bioinorganic chemistry and catalysis
  • Organic and medicinal Chemistry
  • Drug delivery
  • Organic synthesis and methodology
  • Cancer biology

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Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Discovery of novel organoruthenium based phototoxic cancer cell markers: A detection and termination approach for A3 receptor targeted Photodynamic Therapy DST SERB (YS)
Synthesis and characterization of novel 2-arylbenzothiazole/benzoxazole, quinoxaline and phenanthroline analogues as fluorescent probes and cancer theranostics applications DST SERB EMR
Emergence of mitochondria targeting Ir(III)/Re(I)based multinuclear complexes as cancer photo-theranostic agent DST-SERB CRG 2021-2024

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Organoruthenium based phototoxic cancer cell markers and method of preparation and use 201741020410

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
Organoruthenium based phototoxic cancer cell markers and method of preparation and use 361798

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), American Chemical Society, Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC), Life-time member of Indian Science Congress
  • Travel Grant Award by DST (2018 and 2022), by CSIR (2023), and ICMR (2025)
  • BK21 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, South Korea
  • Best Thesis award at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata (2010)
  • CSIR-JRF and SRF, Top 20 percentage in CSIR NET 2004

International Collaborations

  • National University of Singapore
  • NCCU, Taiwan
  • University of Auckland
  • University of Texas, USA
  • University of Murcia, Spain

Other Information

Editorial Experience : 1) Review Editor in Frontier in Chemistry 2) Editorial Advisory Board in Current Electrocatalysis 3) Executive Guest Editor in Current Organic Chemistry
Personal Website Link : https://priyankarpaira.wixsite.com/mysite